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The Greatest Missouri Basketball Players of All Time
List Rules
Upvote the best basketball players in Tigers history based only on the player's college career.
Missouri basketball fans, we’re ranking the best Missouri Tigers of all-time. This list of Missouri basketball players includes current and former players, along with the seasons played with the college. Featuring All-Americans, players in the NBA, and school legends who had their jerseys retired, the top players from University of Missouri men's basketball team history include Jordan Clarkson, DeMarre Carroll, Kareem Rush, and Norm Stewart. Who is the best Missouri Tiger ever?
In the 2017-18 NCAA Division I men’s basketball season, the Missouri Tigers roster has the starting five: Kassius Robertson, Cullen VanLeer, Jordan Barnett, Kevin Puryear, and Jeremiah Tilmon.
Vote up the ones you think are the greatest Missouri basketball players in Tigers history. Feel free to add any Tiger freshmen, NBA rookies, or Missouri alumni missing from the list.
list ordered by
1988–1992
Anthony Eugene Peeler (born November 25, 1969) is an American retired professional basketball player, having played for a number of NBA teams from 1992 to 2005. He later became an assistant coach at ...more1979–1983
Stephen Samuel Stipanovich (born November 17, 1960) is an American retired professional basketball player. A 6-ft 11-inch (211 cm) center from the University of Missouri, Stipanovich was selected by ...more1976–1980
Larry Donnell Drew (born April 2, 1958) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball ...more1990–1994
Melvin Jermaine Booker (born August 20, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), 185 lb (84 kg) point guard, he played for the University of Missouri.1987–1991
Douglas Smith (born September 17, 1969) is a retired American basketball player who was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the first round (6th overall) of the 1991 NBA draft.1984–1988
Derrick Joseph Chievous (born July 3, 1967) is a retired American professional basketball player who played the forward position, and played three seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) ...more1974–1976
William C. Smith (born October 26, 1953) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'2" (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) guard and played collegiately at Seminole State College of ...more2008–2012
Marcus Denmon is an American professional basketball player for New Basket Brindisi of the Lega Basket Serie A. He played for the University of Missouri. He was taken 59th overall by the San Antonio ...more1979–1983
Jon Thomas "Sunny" Sundvold (born July 2, 1961) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1st round (16th overall) of the 1983 NBA Draft. ...more1998–2000
Keyon Latwae Dooling (born May 8, 1980) is an American retired professional basketball guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and attended the ...more1999–2002
Kareem Lamar Rush (born October 30, 1980) is an American professional basketball player for the Kansas City Tornados of North American Premier Basketball (NAPB). Rush's younger brother, Brandon, last ...more2007–2009
DeMarre LaEdrick Carroll (born July 27, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Carroll was selected 27th overall ...more1979–1982
Ricky Frazier (born February 9, 1958) is a former professional basketball player. After transferring from Saint Louis University in 1980, he played on three Big Eight Conference championship and NCAA ...more1969–1973
John Young Brown (born December 14, 1951) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. A forward, he played collegiately at the University of Missouri. He was a ...more2000–2004
Rickey Paulding (born October 23, 1982) is an American professional basketball player, who currently plays for the EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He played college ...more1953–1956
Norman Eugene Stewart (born January 20, 1935) is a retired American college basketball coach. He coached at the University of Northern Iowa (then known as State College of Iowa) from 1961 to 1967, ...more- Laurence Bowers is a forward for the Missouri Tigers men's basketball team.
2008–2012
Kim English is a guard for the Missouri Tigers men's basketball team.2013–2014
Jordan Taylor Clarkson (born June 7, 1992) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for two ...more2010–2013
Phillip Michael "Phil" Pressey is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. As a junior playing point guard for the ...more2003–2005
Linas Kleiza (Lithuanian pronunciation: [ˈlʲɪnɐs kʲlʲɛɪ̯ˈzɐ]; born January 3, 1985) is a Lithuanian professional basketball executive and former player. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he played at ...more1971–1974
Allen Dean Eberhard is a retired American basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association. He was drafted with the fifteenth pick in the first round of the 1974 NBA ...more- 23
Jason Sutherland
1993-1997
2006–2010
J. T. Tiller (born May 11, 1988) is an American professional basketball player. He played collegiately with the University of Missouri Tigers.2012–2014
Jabari Brown is a basketball player.
